The whole point of this ordeal was to get Microsoft to pay them bling so that first paragraph is just a regurgatation of the obvious.
The 2nd paragraph was already known, too; Microsoft publicly stated they were going to implement it irregardless of how the court case went. Not sure why the news story cited at Slashdot felt the need to clarify it because it was already clear. ----- Original Message ----- From: "elibol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 3:53 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue... I found this piece of information very interesting: ...Reacting to news that the next cumulative IE security update will require an extra mouse-click to interact with certain embedded multimedia content, Eolas Chief Operating Officer Mark Swords called on the software maker to purchase a patent license instead of worsening the browsing experience... ...Swords also moved swiftly to correct an erroneous public impression that the IE modifications were the result of a court order. "There is no court order forcing Microsoft to do anything. Anything that is being done is of Microsoft's own choosing," he said... Quoting from http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1944867,00.asp M. On 4/19/06, Chad Mefferd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This article shed's a little more light on the reality of Microsoft's > browser changes. > > http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/31/1840255 > > -Chad > > On Apr 19, 2006, at 11:28 AM, Dave Watts wrote: > > > It's not a security feature, it's a condition of Microsoft's > > settlement with > > Eolas over a patent violation, and it negatively affects any > > interactive use > > of ActiveX controls, not just Flash. > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
